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Happiness Is The Road
It was overcast and rainy today. The camp at Victor Harbor, apart from the shower, wasn't one of the best so I was glad to get out of here. I went to have a look at Waitpinga Beach which had a very wild and windswept beach. The Southern Ocean was its usual pounding self. From here I drove across the Fleurieu Peninsula to Rapid Bay where I was intending to stop the night. This peninsula is very hilly and the scenery is mainly straw coloured hills. It is very beautiful. I had been looking forward to coming here since I saw the film 'The Boys Are Back' starring Clive Owen which was filmed on and around the Fleurieu Peninsula. Most of the scenes in the movie showed these amazing straw coloured hills. It's a great film so watch it if you get chance. It took just under an hour to reach Rapid Bay which has a cheap campground on the foreshore. It is a lovely scruffy place and the camp area was great. I got a spot where I could back the camper right up to the beach. There was a sign which instructed you to find a site and that the camping fee would be collected later. It was a very reasonable $6. There were no showers here, just some fairly manky toilets but it didn't matter as the location was spot on. This was the first pebbly beach that I had seen in Australia. All the beaches I'd seen up to now had been sand. Rapid Bay had been a mining town. They mined lime here until 1981. It is dilapidated now but that gives it charm I think. I just chilled out or the rest of the day (I'm properly into this 'chilling' lifestyle now) , read, listened to music and watched the sea. The sound of the lapping waves is just one of the nicest sounds.
THIS TRAIN IS MY LIFE BY MARILLION
'This train is my life
Speeding through the night
We have been to these places
For barely a moment
Wide awake
Sometimes sleeping
Sometimes watching
Sometimes dreaming
Through stroby stations
Too fast to know their names
Too fast to know if we came or will come again
Sleeping towns joined together
By the steel of the rails
Parallel lines
Parallel lives
You and I
We're movie-rich
We're reflected in the window
The dark night's black mirror glass
Distant lights from the wrong side of the tracks
Christmas lights
Go by in the houses
Anonymous windows
Anonymous rooms of
Anonymous souls
So take my hand
Squeeze it tight
Make some light
In the darkness
I'm glad you came on this trip
Don't lose your grip
Don't lose your grip
This train is my life
This train is my life
Travel with me
And we'll see'.
These lyrics are for Jay who will be travelling with me soon.
I listened to a lot of Marillion today. There is more to this band than Kayleigh. They play contemporary, emotive, modern rock and have recorded 16 studio albums. Only four of those were recorded with Fish. Steve Hogarth has been lead singer since 1989. Marillion are used to fighting misconceptions. Marillion are not what you think they are. No really, they're not. Just remember that whatever your pre-conceptions are about this band, chances are they are wrong. I recommend that you listen, find out for yourself and make up your own mind. Marillion have a 'crash course' album length sampler CD/Download available from their web site. IT IS FREE. Follow this web link https://www.marillion.com/account/regis terCC.php
1. The Sky Above The Rain
2. Power
3. Neverland
4. Fantastic Place
5. Hard As Love (Acoustic Mix)
6. This Train Is My Life
7. Real Tears For Sale
8. Somewhere Else
9. Afraid Of Sunlight
10. Estonia
THIS TRAIN IS MY LIFE BY MARILLION
'This train is my life
Speeding through the night
We have been to these places
For barely a moment
Wide awake
Sometimes sleeping
Sometimes watching
Sometimes dreaming
Through stroby stations
Too fast to know their names
Too fast to know if we came or will come again
Sleeping towns joined together
By the steel of the rails
Parallel lines
Parallel lives
You and I
We're movie-rich
We're reflected in the window
The dark night's black mirror glass
Distant lights from the wrong side of the tracks
Christmas lights
Go by in the houses
Anonymous windows
Anonymous rooms of
Anonymous souls
So take my hand
Squeeze it tight
Make some light
In the darkness
I'm glad you came on this trip
Don't lose your grip
Don't lose your grip
This train is my life
This train is my life
Travel with me
And we'll see'.
These lyrics are for Jay who will be travelling with me soon.
I listened to a lot of Marillion today. There is more to this band than Kayleigh. They play contemporary, emotive, modern rock and have recorded 16 studio albums. Only four of those were recorded with Fish. Steve Hogarth has been lead singer since 1989. Marillion are used to fighting misconceptions. Marillion are not what you think they are. No really, they're not. Just remember that whatever your pre-conceptions are about this band, chances are they are wrong. I recommend that you listen, find out for yourself and make up your own mind. Marillion have a 'crash course' album length sampler CD/Download available from their web site. IT IS FREE. Follow this web link https://www.marillion.com/account/regis terCC.php
1. The Sky Above The Rain
2. Power
3. Neverland
4. Fantastic Place
5. Hard As Love (Acoustic Mix)
6. This Train Is My Life
7. Real Tears For Sale
8. Somewhere Else
9. Afraid Of Sunlight
10. Estonia
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